Finding Yourself Again
A quiet, contemplative poem about rebuilding after emotional rupture. “Finding Yourself Again” explores the tender work of rediscovering your inner voice—not by retrieving the past, but by learning to live gently with who you’re becoming.
There comes a moment when you stop trying to rewrite the past
because you realize it isn’t coming back the way it left.
You’ve outgrown versions of yourself
you didn’t even know you were shedding —
through endings you didn’t choose,
through changes you weren’t ready for,
through every silent ache that taught you how to breathe again.
And slowly, almost quietly,
you begin to return to yourself.
This poem belongs to that return.
The Unraveling
Healing doesn’t ask you to pretend.
It asks you to feel everything,
even the things you’ve buried deeply.
You come apart in small, unexpected ways —
in memories you thought would fade,
in promises that lost their shape,
in the doubts that curled around your hope.
But every unraveling
is a beginning disguised as loss.
Sometimes it’s only when the seams break
that you learn where you truly hold together.
The Quiet After
There’s a stillness that arrives after heartbreak —
a quiet so wide it almost echoes.
You look for the version of you
that smiled without hesitation,
that loved without armor,
that trusted too quickly.
But she no longer lives here —
and somehow,
that truth doesn’t hurt the way it used to.
Because the space she left behind
isn’t emptiness.
It’s possibility.
It’s where your new voice begins.
The Relearning
Finding yourself again
isn’t about reclaiming what was lost.
It’s about learning to move gently
with what remains.
You start choosing differently.
You start loving with intention.
You begin to speak to yourself
with a patience you never had before.
What once felt like a fracture
slowly becomes a doorway.
What once felt like breaking
becomes a kind of opening.
The Becoming
You stop mourning the person you were
and start welcoming the person you’re building.
You discover strength
in the smallest acts of softness.
You realize healing isn’t loud —
it’s consistent.
It’s the courage to keep showing up
even when nothing feels certain.
Finding yourself
isn’t a reunion.
It’s an unfolding.
***
Thank you for reading.
May you remember that even in the in-between, you are already becoming someone braver, softer, and more true to yourself.
About the Creator
Aarsh Malik
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Comments (19)
Yes. your poetic insights show that through growing and knowing, we are reborn and walk a new path of learning and becoming. Thank you so much .
This is so well expressed. I recognize the in-between and appreciate such identification of a place with no name.
This is an eloquent and beautiful reminder that we are always whole as we are, we just need to recognize it. Well done- 😊💚
Wow. This accurately describes some moments in my life when I felt like I was back at square one with the end of a relationship. Well done and very encouraging.
I love the structure in the layers. Also, applaud your veracity in your pen.
You have POETRY LESSONS my friend! Almost every line hit its mark deep within soul. What a beautiful gift you have! Never stop writing. Like EVER!
This is truly very powerful, amazing poem with so much truth and inspiration with this. Amazing work thank you ever so much for sharing your creativity.
You are so very right, my fellow artist, it is about gently moving forward with what remains.
The cycle of pain, growth, and rebuilding. Spoken in a beautifully crafted way.🙂
Wow this was brillance penned
This is a wonderful poem. Finding yourself again isn't about reclaiming what was lost, it is about learning to move gently with what remains. I love that. Nicely Done!!!
'May you remember that even in the in-between, you are already becoming someone braver, softer, and more true to yourself.' I love the poem and your concluding statement!💖💕💖
I love this and the healing nature it conveys. Beautiful
Aarsh, I love this!! The different phases and way you broke the poem into sections or "mini pomes" was clever!!
Lovely words
I can relate to this so much! You captured the process of breaking and gluing yourself back together so well.
We're always evolving and letting go of some things in the past is the only way we can move forward.
A lot of what you said makes sense. As Sandy mentioned the line, finding yourself isn’t a reunion but an unfolding, is powerful and holds much truth.
This is so beautifully written. The idea that finding yourself isn’t a reunion but an unfolding… that line will stay with me.